but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim has said, 'Do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.''

And the serpent said to the woman, 'You shall certainly not die.

'For Elohim knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.'

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

And the man said, 'The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I ate.'

And YHWH Elohim said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' And the woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'

And YHWH Elohim said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all livestock and more than every beast of the field. On your belly you are to go, and eat dust all the days of your life.

'And I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel.'

To the woman He said, 'I greatly increase your sorrow and your conception - bring forth children in pain. And your desire is for your husband, and he does rule over you.'

And to the man He said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, 'Do not eat of it': 'Cursed is the ground because of you, in toil you are to eat of it all the days of your life,